The chaos that is manifest in the world (due to man) is resultant from the disorder that crass conditioning brings. This conditioning results in conflict, fear, greed, group hatred, fragmentation, indifference, and personal animosity. The root cause of conditioning is never merely the existence of basic things as they are; it inevitably develops from beliefs, prejudices, learned (second-hand) perspectives, and absorbed cultural conceptualizations. So it is the learned (absorbed) garbage from others that is the root of the problem.
Please look with fresh, uncontaminated eyes. Please look beyond what society has poured into you. Question wisely, perceive purely, and live beyond psychological adulteration. That may be real spirituality.
My Blog primarily consists of close-up nature photos (that I've taken locally) combined with original holistic-truth oriented prose and/or poetry involving mindfulness/awareness. I love nature and I love understanding the whole (not merely the parts and the details). I'm a retired teacher of the multiply handicapped.
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There are too many worries that we cannot control these days Tom, especially weather-wise. I’m very relieved we did not have the severe weather that was predicted to roll through this evening. I worried about it all day today, yesterday too, as we went from predictions of a level one storm, to a level two storm, with two-inch hail, 65 mph winds, torrential rain and a tornado threat. It fizzled out … Ohio got the worst of it, but each one of these dire weather predictions, apart from anything else going on in the world, is shortening my life a little more.
I think these are Forget-me-Nots? They are pretty and I had them in my Wednesday post on wildflowers. Unfortunately, they were last year’s Spring wildflowers I tucked away for the first week of Spring 2026. I’m guessing yours are last years as well.
Yes, last year’s. It’s raining like cats and dogs here now, and it’s headed your way. I sure hope that the electricity doesn’t go out. You are lucky that you have a fancy gererator. I might get one in the future. Storms will be getting more and more insane… as well as the politicians. 😉
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I am trying
Yes, and best would to be beyond “trying” and beyond the projection of a “me” that exerts effort. Then the insight that is intelligence is. 😉
I think blue has a special place in nature.
Yes, and purple (and a lot of other colors) too!
There are too many worries that we cannot control these days Tom, especially weather-wise. I’m very relieved we did not have the severe weather that was predicted to roll through this evening. I worried about it all day today, yesterday too, as we went from predictions of a level one storm, to a level two storm, with two-inch hail, 65 mph winds, torrential rain and a tornado threat. It fizzled out … Ohio got the worst of it, but each one of these dire weather predictions, apart from anything else going on in the world, is shortening my life a little more.
I think these are Forget-me-Nots? They are pretty and I had them in my Wednesday post on wildflowers. Unfortunately, they were last year’s Spring wildflowers I tucked away for the first week of Spring 2026. I’m guessing yours are last years as well.
Yes, last year’s. It’s raining like cats and dogs here now, and it’s headed your way. I sure hope that the electricity doesn’t go out. You are lucky that you have a fancy gererator. I might get one in the future. Storms will be getting more and more insane… as well as the politicians. 😉
So beautiful, lovely colors Tom!
Many thanks, Marcela!